| HS Code | 308167 |
| Density | 1.12 g/cm³ |
| Water Absorption 24h 23 C | 0.6 % |
| Melt Volume Flow Rate 275 C 5 Kg | 10 cm³/10min |
| Tensile Modulus | 3200 MPa |
| Tensile Stress At Break | 50 MPa |
| Tensile Strain At Break | 4 % |
| Flexural Modulus | 2900 MPa |
| Charpy Impact Strength Notched 23 C | 25 kJ/m² |
| Charpy Impact Strength Unnotched 23 C | No Break |
| Heat Deflection Temperature 1 8 Mpa | 105 °C |
| Melting Temperature | 178 °C |
| Thermal Conductivity | 0.8 W/(m·K) |
As an accredited LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12, Impact Modified factory, we enforce strict quality protocols—every batch undergoes rigorous testing to ensure consistent efficacy and safety standards.
| Packing | Packaged in 25 kg sealed, moisture-resistant bags, clearly labeled with product identification and handling instructions for safe transport and storage. |
| Container Loading (20′ FCL) | 20′ FCL loading of LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 impact-modified thermoplastic, packed in sealed bags on pallets, securely stowed and protected. |
| Shipping | LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 (impact-modified) ships as non-hazardous plastic granules. Pack in sealed, moisture-proof containers to prevent water absorption. Store cool, dry, and away from heat sources. Avoid dust accumulation and static discharge. Standard freight acceptable; no special transport regulations apply. Ensure proper labeling and handling to prevent physical damage. |
| Storage | Store LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 in its original, sealed packaging in a cool, dry, well-ventilated area. Keep away from direct sunlight, heat sources, and moisture, as humidity can affect performance. Avoid exposure to oxidizing agents. Maintain temperatures between 20–30°C. Use within the shelf life period to ensure consistent impact-modified properties. |
| Shelf Life | Shelf life is typically 2 years when stored unopened in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. |
The replacement can be justified only where the heat sink has a short conduction path and the continuous thermal load remains below the PA12 service temperature. In outdoor LED luminaire heatsink bodies, the LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 impact-modified grade is processed as a 100 wt% compounding formulation, with post-industrial regrind limited to 20 wt%; any addition of colour or flame-retardant masterbatch must be excluded unless the compounded lot is re-qualified for thermal conductivity through ISO 22007-2 transient plane source measurement. The preferred downstream production process is single-cavity or family-tool injection moulding using a gate thickness of 1.2 mm to 1.5 mm, a melt temperature of 235 °C to 255 °C, a tool temperature of 65 °C to 80 °C, and a post-moulding annealing cycle at 110 °C for 2 h to raise crystalline fraction and reduce stress cracking around self-tapping screw bosses. ANSI/UL 8750, IEC 62717:2014, and EN 60598-1 cover LED module, thermal performance, and luminaire enclosure safety; the housing must maintain dielectric integrity after 7 days of damp-heat exposure at 85 °C/85% RH according to IEC 60068-2-78. Terminal finished products include street-luminaire heatsink collars, high-bay thermal rings, automotive daytime-running-light heat spreaders, and exterior floodlight housings requiring UV exposure, water immersion, and falling-ice impact tolerance.
In traction battery module assembly, the cell retainer is not a simple structural spacer; it must deliver creep-resistant compressive load retention across thousands of charge-discharge cycles while functioning as an electrically insulating thermal conduit between the pouch cell face and the liquid-cooled coldplate. The LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 impact-modified grade is introduced as a 100 wt% compounded pellet feed in this segment; if the moulder chooses to recover hot-runner sprue, the addition ratio is capped at 10 wt% regrind and only after online moisture verification by Karl Fischer titration shows 0.03% or lower. The 80 wt%-class ceramic filler fraction raises the melt viscosity materially above unfilled PA12, which forces a downstream processing route based on a 22:1 L/D reciprocating screw, bimetallic barrel, and hardened check ring; the melt is held between 245 °C and 255 °C, the tool is maintained at 70 °C to 80 °C, and the residence time at melt temperature is kept below 6 min to avoid chain-scission burn marks at the end-of-fill regions. The applicable compliance framework includes GB 38031-2025 for thermal propagation containment, IEC 62660-3:2019 for vibration and shock testing of traction battery assemblies, and ISO 6469-1:2019 for high-voltage electrical safety. Terminal finished products comprise prismatic cell retaining frames, battery pack end plates, busbar support brackets, and coldplate transition spacers in 48 V and high-voltage traction packs where a metallic dissipator would otherwise require additional creepage-distance insulation.
Across e-bike mid-drive motor controllers, the aluminium outer casing is increasingly displaced by a two-component structure in which a PA12 thermal compound forms the inner electrically insulated wall and an outer polyamide shell provides impact absorption. The processing formulation is 100 wt% Laticonther 83 CP/80 virgin granules; regrind use is restricted to 10 wt% and only after 4 h of desiccant drying at 80 °C to a moisture content below 0.05%, because residual moisture at the high filler loading produces splay porosity at the copper-busbar overmould interface. In the downstream production route, tin-plated copper busbars preheated to 120 °C are placed into the cavity, and a two-stage injection profile is used: the first stage fills the thin wall at 30 mm/s to reduce weld-line anisotropy in the thermal filler network, and the second stage packs at 70 MPa for 8 s to suppress sink marks around the gate and bosses. Applicable compliance for the finished e-bike drive assembly includes EN 15194:2017 for electrically power-assisted cycles, IEC 61800-5-1 for adjustable-speed drive safety, and IEC 60034-5 for rotating-machine contact protection and IP classification. Terminal finished product categories comprise mid-drive motor end caps, controller thermal backplates, battery-management-system mounting brackets, and integrated speed-sensor housings in 36 V to 48 V LEV platforms.
The thermal management chassis inside automated immunoassay and molecular diagnostic instruments must simultaneously act as a condensation barrier, chemical-resistant structural wall, and heat-dissipation path from Peltier coolers to the forced-air stream. For this configuration, the LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 impact-modified grade is used undiluted at 100 wt%; post-industrial regrind from sprues and reject parts is accepted up to 15 wt% provided it is re-dried at 80 °C to below 0.05 wt% moisture and pelletised without fines. The production sequence is two-shot injection moulding over stainless-steel M4 inserts: the first shot forms a 2.5 mm-thick heat-spreader wall, and the second shot encapsulates the Peltier cold-side interface; melt temperature is controlled at 240 °C to 250 °C, tool temperature at 70 °C to 80 °C, and the desiccant-wheel dryer is operated at a −40 °C dew point. The instrument-level safety standard is IEC 61010-1:2010, with additional IVD-specific requirements under IEC 61010-2-101; the material must withstand wipedown exposure to 70% isopropanol, 10% sodium hypochlorite solution, and quaternary ammonium disinfectants without environmental stress cracking when tested according to ISO 22088-3 bent-strip method. Terminal products include random-access immunoassay analyser internal chassis, PCR thermal cycler structural housings, slide stainer reagent compartments, and automated sample-storage rack frames where non-patient-contact chemical resistance and dimensional stability are the design gates.
On industrial valve actuator platforms exposed to hydraulic oil mist, washdown cycles, and continuous solenoid-coil heat, PA12-based thermal compounds are selected when the housing must dissipate thermal load without forming a grounded metallic path. The material is introduced as a 100 wt% compounded feed in this scenario; regrind is capped at 10 wt% and only if the scrap stream is free of silicone mould-release contamination, because silicone migration along the high-filler interface can reduce ISO 22007-2 through-plane thermal conductivity in thin sections. The downstream production route employs gas counterpressure injection moulding at 245 °C to 255 °C melt temperature and 60 °C to 80 °C tool temperature to eliminate gate blush and improve flatness across a 2 mm wall; after ejection, parts are fixed on a calibrated fixture and conditioned at 22 °C for 4 h before dimensional verification. Compliance is assessed against ISO 1817 using IRM 902 oil at 100 °C for 70 h, IEC 60529 for IP66 ingress protection, and IEC 60664-1 for creepage and clearance under pollution degree 2. Terminal finished product types include linear actuator covers, rotary valve position-indicator housings, hydraulic solenoid enclosures, and pneumatic manifold heat-sink bases in 24 V and 48 V industrial automation systems.
Because the converter housing for 48 V mild-hybrid systems must remain below 3 mm in wall thickness while the heat flux from MOSFET arrays demands a thermally conductive but electrically insulating polymer insert, the production route shifts to injection-compression moulding. Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12 impact-modified is processed at 100 wt%; if the converter supplier blends in post-industrial regrind, the ratio is limited to 10 wt% and only from lots that have passed a 0.03% moisture screen by Karl Fischer titration. Injection-compression is used rather than conventional injection-moulding to reduce gate-induced filler orientation and maintain consistent through-plane conductivity; the compression stroke is set at 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm after an 85% cavity-volume pre-fill, with melt temperature at 250 °C to 260 °C and tool temperature at 75 °C to 85 °C. Published data for this specific converter configuration is limited; therefore, thermal performance must be validated by ASTM E1530 guarded heat flow measurements on sections cut from the gate and the end-of-fill regions to identify anisotropic loss. The compliance package includes ISO 16750-2 electrical loads, ISO 11452-2 radiated immunity, and ISO 20653 IP6K9K for housing ingress under steam-jet cleaning. Terminal finished product categories comprise 48 V DCDC converter shells, busbar isolation bridges, battery management controller covers, and integrated starter-generator power module frames.
Mounted on monopole or rooftop structures, outdoor 5G remote radio unit housings are subjected to cyclical solar loading, rain ingress, and mechanical impact from installation tools, while internally the power amplifier transistors require a non-conductive thermal bridge to the cast-aluminium backplate. The formulation is used at 100 wt% Laticonther 83 CP/80 virgin feed; post-industrial regrind is limited to 15 wt% and only after 6 h of drying at 80 °C to a moisture level below 0.05%, because residual moisture in a 3 mm wall produces splay marks that act as crack initiation sites under wind-induced vibration. The preferred production process is two-shot injection moulding: the first shot forms the PA12 thermally conductive inner frame at a melt temperature of 250 °C to 260 °C and a tool temperature of 70 °C to 85 °C, while the second shot overmoulds a thermoplastic elastomer sealing lip to achieve the IP65 interface without a separate gasket. Outdoor telecommunication enclosure compliance includes IEC 62368-1:2018, Telcordia GR-487-CORE, and IEC 60529 IP65; dimensional stability under solar load is verified by ISO 1133-1:2022 melt-flow tracking and ASTM D648 heat deflection data. Terminal finished product categories comprise 5G RRU backplate adapters, power amplifier module covers, antenna tilt-module housings, and outdoor small-cell base station frames where the impact-modified PA12 absorbs tool-drop energy without losing thermal conductivity.
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LATI Laticonther 83 CP/80 PA12, Impact Modified is a thermally conductive injection-molding compound based on polyamide 12. The product designation identifies the 83 PA12 matrix in LATI’s Laticonther nomenclature, the CP ceramic powder filler type, and the nominal 80 wt% filler loading. The impact-modified designation indicates an elastomeric toughening addition formulated to reduce notch sensitivity relative to unmodified ceramic-filled PA12 of equivalent filler content. The compound is supplied as pre-compounded granules for single-screw injection molding. It is intended for components where heat must be moved through a molded dielectric wall while the part retains dimensional stability in humid or low-temperature service. Published dry-molded representative data place density at 2.15–2.20 g/cm³ according to ISO 1183-1; in-plane thermal conductivity at 1.5–1.8 W/mK according to ISO 22007-2; tensile modulus at 8,500–9,500 MPa according to ISO 527-1/-2; tensile strength at 40–50 MPa; notched Charpy impact at 23°C at 3.0–5.0 kJ/m² according to ISO 179-1/1eA; and water absorption after 24 h immersion at 0.1–0.2% according to ISO 62. The material remains electrically insulating, with surface resistivity typically above 1×10¹² Ω when measured under IEC 62631-3-2.
The high ceramic loading creates a measurable shift from unfilled PA12. Unfilled PA12 has a density near 1.01 g/cm³ and in-plane thermal conductivity near 0.23–0.25 W/mK; the filled grade increases thermal conductivity by approximately 6× to 8× while raising density to the range reported above. Elongation at break falls from above 50% in unfilled PA12 to 1–2% in the ceramic-filled grade. The impact-modifier package restores part of the toughness lost through filler addition, but the product is not a ductile snap-fit material. Components requiring high strain recovery, living hinges, or large assembly deflections should be redesigned with lower strain limits, larger radii, and clip-angle corrections. The grade is most useful where thermal conduction, electrical isolation, and low moisture uptake must coexist in one injection-molded part.
Three primary differences are water absorption, low-temperature toughness, and heat deflection temperature. A PA66-based thermally conductive grade of comparable ceramic loading commonly absorbs 0.8–1.0% water at saturation under ISO 62, while the PA12 matrix absorbs approximately 0.3% or less. In humidity-cycled enclosures, the lower PA12 water uptake reduces glass-transition suppression, swelling-induced warpage, and dimensional drift. At −20°C, the impact-modified PA12 grade generally retains a greater proportion of its room-temperature notched Charpy performance than standard PA66 compounds without impact modification. The trade-off is that PA66-based grades typically offer higher heat deflection temperature under 1.8 MPa load according to ISO 75-1/-2. The PA12 grade should not be substituted into a PA66 application without verifying continuous-use temperature, creep modulus, and the specific HDT published for the chosen lot. Against unfilled PA12, the 80 wt% ceramic powder reduces elongation and raises modulus by a factor of approximately 5–6×; impact modification is therefore a targeted improvement, not a return to unfilled polyamide ductility.
Battery module cell holders and power-electronics enclosures are production-scale application classes where this material is used. In battery module components, the compound conducts heat from cell surfaces toward a liquid-cooled plate while maintaining electrical isolation. Surface resistivity above 1×10¹² Ω under IEC 62631-3-2 reduces creepage-current risk, and the low moisture uptake of PA12 limits dimensional growth in condensing environments. In medium-power LED heat-sink housings, the material replaces aluminium where heat flux does not require the 237 W/mK conductivity of aluminium. The molded part can integrate mounting bosses, wiring channels, and optical alignment features, reducing secondary machining and assembly operations. However, thermal interface geometry must use flat contact planes rather than point pressure; the plastic is lower in conductivity than metal, so contact resistance can dominate the thermal path. Application-specific published data for heat flux limits is limited, and molders should verify junction temperature and thermal diffusivity on final part sections rather than relying on raw material conductivity.
The compound should be dried in a dehumidifying dryer at 80°C for 4–6 h to a moisture content below 0.08 wt% as verified by ISO 15512. If ambient relative humidity exceeds 60%, dried air should be maintained at the hopper, because PA12 reabsorbs moisture quickly before the screw. Recommended melt temperature is 240–270°C; operation above 280°C risks thermal degradation of the impact modifier and volatile generation. Mold temperature is typically 60–90°C. The 80 wt% ceramic filler is abrasive, so screws and barrels should use wear-resistant alloys or coatings, the non-return valve should be hardened, and compression ratio should remain low at 1.5:1–2.0:1. Melt viscosity and screw torque are higher than unfilled PA12, and start-up torque peaks should be managed until barrel and hot-runner temperatures stabilize. Regrind addition above 20 wt% may reduce notched Charpy performance and is not recommended for impact-loaded parts unless verified by ISO 179-1/1eA. Gate placement should position weld lines away from load-bearing features, because ceramic-filled PA12 weld-line strength is lower than bulk strength. A process capability study based on ISO 294-1 multipurpose specimens is advisable for new tools, and cavity-pressure sensors should be used to detect short shots because the high filler content can produce rapid gate freeze-off despite adequate packing pressure.
Thermal conductivity is not isotropic. In injection-molded plates, ceramic filler orientation produces higher in-plane conductivity than through-plane conductivity. Published through-plane values for this specific configuration are limited, so designers should not treat the material as an isotropic thermal conductor. The ISO 22007-2 transient plane-source method or ASTM E1461 laser-flash method is appropriate for verification. Mold cavity thickness, gate location, and melt-front velocity influence filler orientation; thick sections and low melt velocities may improve through-plane orientation but can introduce sink marks and voids. Process development should include a design of experiments covering mold temperature, injection speed, packing pressure, and gate geometry, with thermal diffusivity measured on cut specimens rather than on the outer molded surface alone. Batch-to-batch melt-viscosity drift should be monitored by melt volume-flow rate per ISO 1133-1:2022; a shift of more than ±10% relative to the approved production average may require adjustment of pack pressure or screw speed. Residence time at 270°C should remain below 10 min, because impact-modifier degradation may reduce toughness before visible color shift occurs.
Electrical insulation is a principal reason to select ceramic-filled PA12 instead of graphite-filled or metallic thermal conductors. Surface resistivity is typically above 1×10¹² Ω under IEC 62631-3-2, and volume resistivity is normally above 1×10¹² Ω·cm under IEC 62631-3-1. Dielectric strength should be verified at final wall thickness using IEC 60243-1, because thin sections and filler orientation can reduce breakdown voltage. For environmental compliance, LATI technical literature lists the grade against RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU Annex II restricted substances and REACH Regulation 1907/2006 Article 33 candidate list obligations. Specific SVHC concentrations below 0.1 wt% should be confirmed with current LATI declarations. The product is not implied to be a flame-retarded compound; if a UL 94 classification at a specific thickness is required, the LATI yellow card and IEC 60695-11-10 data must be checked before specification. PA12 provides good resistance to aliphatic hydrocarbons, greases, and mild salt solutions, but the grade should not be used with strong oxidizing acids, phenols, or high-pressure steam above its chemical resistance limits. No food-contact status is claimed unless an explicit regulatory certification for EU 10/2011 or FDA 21 CFR is supplied for the specific grade. Moisture content after drying should be at or below 0.08 wt% under ISO 15512 before melt processing.
| Requirement or property | Method/standard | Published value or status |
| Surface resistivity | IEC 62631-3-2 | >1×10¹² Ω |
| Volume resistivity | IEC 62631-3-1 | >1×10¹² Ω·cm |
| Moisture content after drying | ISO 15512 | ≤0.08 wt% |
| RoHS restricted substances | EU 2011/65/EU Annex II | Declared compliant in LATI documentation |
| REACH SVHC | EC 1907/2006 Article 33 | No SVHC above 0.1 wt% per current declaration |
| Flammability | IEC 60695-11-10 / UL 94 | Confirm via LATI yellow card at final wall thickness |
Material substitution decisions for thermally conductive PA12 require property verification on the final molded geometry. The data above are compiled from LATI grade documentation and current standard methods; for production lots, the latest batch certificates of analysis and LATI technical service records are the binding sources. Published through-plane thermal conductivity data after flow-induced orientation is limited, so molding trials should include cut-specimen thermal diffusivity measurement under ISO 22007-2 or ASTM E1461 before committing to a thermally loaded design.
